The resident population in Spain stood at 48,946,035 inhabitants as of October 1, 2024, the maximum value in the historical series. This population growth was due to the increase in people born abroad, since the number of people born in Spain decreased.
According to the Continuous Population Statisticspublished by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the main nationalities of immigrants during the third quarter of 2024 were colombian (34,600 people), the Moroccan (25,500) and Spaniards born abroad (25,200).
These are followed by Venezuelans (21,200), the Peruvians (15,800), italians (9,000), Argentines (7,300), ukrainians (7,000), romanians (5,700) and hondurans (5,600).
In the third quarter, the number of foreigners increased by 101,568 people, up to 6,735,487, while the population of Spanish nationality grew by 33,322.
In total resident population In Spain it grew by 134,890 people. In annual terms, the estimated population growth was 425,801. The third quarter is the one with the highest arrival of migrants.
It grew in all the autonomous communities
From July to September 2024, the population grew in all autonomous communities Although the largest increases occurred in the Valencian Community (0.54%), Madrid (0.46%), Catalonia (0.39%) and the Balearic Islands (0.32%), all of them above the national average (0.28%).
These communities are followed by Cantabria and Murcia (both with 0.26), Navarra and Asturias (0.25), La Rioja (0.24), Galicia (0.20), Castilla-La Mancha (0.19) , Basque Country (0.18), Ceuta (0.14), Castilla y León, Aragón and the Canary Islands (0.13 in the three cases), Andalusia and Melilla (0.6) and Extremadura (0.2%).
Regarding the emigration In the third quarter, the most numerous nationalities were Spanish (with 10,100 departures), Moroccans (with 7,600) and Colombians (6,600).
They are followed by Romanians (6,300 departures), Ukrainians (4,900), Peruvians (2,600), Italians (2,500), Venezuelans (2,300), the United Kingdom (2,300) and China (1,500).